Consider installing MythTV. It has lots of features tahat you won't need (it's geared towards TV viewing/recording), but is pretty popular for making a Linux media PC. The MythBuntu distro will have MythTV preconfigured so you just have to install it.

If that's not your cup of tea, look at the programs XBMC, Boxee, or Elisa. You can install these on top of Ubuntu and configure Ubuntu to automatically run them on boot.

-Brian

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:22 AM, < crdzoba@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:

Does the LUG have an opinion on what the best media center linux
distro is?  I'm looking to just drop it in on one of my relatives
computers so they can play DVDs and MP3s with as little hassle as
possible (and as few distractions as possible, i.e. not plain Ubuntu).


Thanks,
Chris



(Sorry if you got this twice, I wasn't sure if my other email address was
aloud to post to the list.)